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Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins (Wait...what?)
WaPo ^ | August 30, 2017 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 08/30/2017 11:55:43 AM PDT by Seizethecarp

After President Trump’s pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a court order designed to stop the violation of the constitutional rights of suspected illegal immigrants, conventional wisdom — and certainly the Trump administration — would have us believe that Trump’s pardon powers are unlimited. However, never before has someone stretched the pardon power so beyond its original intent. Trump has now drawn scrutiny not simply from critics of his racist rhetoric but from the court itself.

The Arizona Republic Reports:

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton canceled former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s upcoming sentencing hearing for his criminal contempt-of-court conviction, telling attorneys not to file replies to motions that were pending before his recent presidential pardon.

However, Bolton on Tuesday stopped short of throwing out the conviction based solely on Arpaio’s request. Instead she ordered Arpaio and the U.S. Department of Justice, which is prosecuting the case, to file briefs on why she should or shouldn’t grant Arpaio’s request.

In other words, this is no slam dunk.

Lurking in the background is the potential for Trump to pardon associates involved in the probe of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and the possible obstruction of justice that followed. The Arpaio pardon may well have been an attempt to signal to those officials and ex-officials that they can resist inquiries with the assurance that Trump will pardon them.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arpaio; article2section2; delusional; fakenews; jenniferrubin; naturalborncitizen; obama; rubin; sheriffarpaio; susanbolton; trump; wapo
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So Judge Bolton is going to hold a hearing to debate whether her court should honor Trump's pardon and dismiss Sheriff Arpaio's conviction?

BTW, this is the "most read" opinion piece as of this posting...

1 posted on 08/30/2017 11:55:43 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
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To: Seizethecarp

Ford pardoned Nixon before any indictment.


2 posted on 08/30/2017 11:57:40 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Let's get Newt in there to help...)
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To: Seizethecarp

F***ing lunacy. The executive branch needs to assert itself over the judicial branch. The judicial branch is not superior. The court has no authority anymore over Joe.


3 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:20 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Seizethecarp

If Bolton were to follow Joe around, she might can get him on jaywalking.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:24 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: LucyT; null and void; Cold Case Posse Supporter; Flotsam_Jetsome; circumbendibus; Fantasywriter; ...

Ping to delusional libs trying to litigate Trumps pardon of Sheriff Arpaio...and linking the pardon to “Russia collusion”!


5 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:25 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
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To: Seizethecarp

She needs to be arrested.


6 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:25 AM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
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To: Seizethecarp

“...from critics of his racist rhetoric...”

Stopped reading right there.


7 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:30 AM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: Seizethecarp

And it will apply worldwide. Because she said so....


8 posted on 08/30/2017 11:58:43 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: Seizethecarp

The Constitutional Pardon Power is absolute. There is no “review.”


9 posted on 08/30/2017 11:59:18 AM PDT by henkster (Ask your favorite liberal to take the "Snowflake Challenge.")
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To: Seizethecarp

[Lurking in the background is the potential for Trump to pardon associates involved in the probe of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and the possible obstruction of justice that followed. The Arpaio pardon may well have been an attempt to signal to those officials and ex-officials that they can resist inquiries with the assurance that Trump will pardon them.]

And the pressholes pull another one out of their a**es.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 11:59:23 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: Seizethecarp

“never before has someone stretched the pardon power so beyond its original intent. “

How so?


11 posted on 08/30/2017 12:00:31 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Seizethecarp

Waste of time.


12 posted on 08/30/2017 12:00:44 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: The people have spoken

“...from critics of his racist rhetoric...”

This is nothing but fake news as a vehicle to bash Trump some more. Surprised they didn’t work in Ivanka’s shoes.


13 posted on 08/30/2017 12:01:09 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: Seizethecarp

Pardoning someone is NOT denying them life, liberty, or property ... so due process does not enter into it.

Meanwhile, the left is all too happy to deny due process in matters of asset forfeiture.


14 posted on 08/30/2017 12:01:27 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Seizethecarp

Jennifer Rubin is the house “conservative” at the execrable Washington Post. I have never seen her write a thing that is conservative, unless you consider advocacy for endless foreign interventions in wars where we don’t belong “conservative”.


15 posted on 08/30/2017 12:01:30 PM PDT by laconic (thes)
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This Rubin mutt doesn't have a clue what she's talking about.

The only thing that makes this case unusual is that the pardon was issued before the defendant (Arpaio) was even sentenced. So there's still an active case on the court docket, and the judge is telling the prosecution in the case (the U.S. Justice Dept.) how it wants to proceed. Despite Arpaio's pardon, his legal team's motion to dismiss the conviction is still before the court.

16 posted on 08/30/2017 12:02:19 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Seizethecarp

Politicized Federal Judiciary again shows its out of control. They will twist themselves in knots to try and deny Trump a clear Constitutional prerogative of his position.


17 posted on 08/30/2017 12:02:23 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Seizethecarp

It’s time to have impeachment on this judge.


18 posted on 08/30/2017 12:02:26 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: Seizethecarp

If we had an aggressive DOJ that supported the President, they would be looking at options to remove judges who have stopped enforcing the law and are engaged in personnel vendettas or making up the law.


19 posted on 08/30/2017 12:02:56 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Seizethecarp
Here: polarize, personalize ....

20 posted on 08/30/2017 12:03:15 PM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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